Captain Heimrich Books in Order

Lawyer and former intelligence officer Martin Brooks visits theatrical producer Freddy Upton to arrange a contract. Murders within the producer's circle draw Captain Heimrich into a case that turns Brooks's professional assignment into a dangerous personal entanglement.

Returning war widow Jane Phillips encounters suspicious obstacles on her way to her great-aunt's home. Allegations that the wealthy older woman is being poisoned bring Captain Heimrich into a family divided by money, secrets, and competing interests.

A young woman involved in blackmail is strangled in a suburban social circle marked by drinking and resentment. Captain Heimrich investigates the tangled relationships behind her death, where uncertain clues and concealed grievances complicate his search.

Marta Bromwell's murder in a grand Westchester estate brings Captain Heimrich into a household obscured by dense fog and secrets. An uncertain timeline, suspicious visitors, and stolen jewels complicate his effort to distinguish appearances from evidence.

Winifred and Orson Otis discover her wealthy uncle's body while skinny-dipping during a cocktail party. Their inheritance prospects attract suspicion, and their attempts to clear themselves complicate Captain Heimrich's investigation into the fatal shooting at the gathering.

Vacationing at a Florida hotel, Captain Heimrich investigates the stabbing of Bronson Wells, an ex-communist turned anti-communist campaigner. Connections to a nightclub performer and numerous resentful acquaintances leave him searching among people with powerful reasons for hatred.

A recently discharged marine discovers Virginia Monroe's body in a quiet New York town. Captain Heimrich investigates her troubled relationships and family inheritance, where conflicting accounts make the apparent circumstances of the young woman's death difficult to trust.

Margaret Landcraft appears to have been trampled by a prize Angus bull. A trooper who knows the animal doubts the explanation, prompting Captain Heimrich to postpone his holiday and examine the people and circumstances surrounding the farm.

A town meeting is interrupted by a fire that destroys the local firehouse. When a disliked supervisor's body is recovered from the ruins, Captain Heimrich investigates whether the blaze concealed a deliberate killing rather than an accident.

After a festive New Year's Eve gathering, a man's body is discovered in an icy lake. His wife believes he killed himself, but Captain Heimrich questions the unlikely method and investigates the circumstances behind the apparent suicide.

A woman's murder at an upstate New York motel brings Captain Heimrich into a case involving her three husbands. A hurricane complicates the investigation and supplies an apparently solid alibi that he must carefully test against the evidence.

A professor's cocktail party precedes the shooting of guest Caroline Wilkins, whose connections lead toward a scandal publication. Captain Heimrich investigates the developing chain of violence with help from a scholar whose expertise may illuminate the case.

Captain Heimrich and Susan Faye discover an actress and her former husband dead during a Hudson Valley film shoot. The apparent murder-suicide looks staged, drawing Heimrich into a circle of jealous performers, directors, and former spouses.

Captain Heimrich's return from his honeymoon is interrupted by the suspicious death of a newspaper owner's wife. When her husband is also shot, Heimrich investigates relatives and business rivals with reasons to profit from the couple's deaths.

A wounded vagabond collapses in Captain Heimrich's driveway before Susan can help him. Identified as a Supreme Court justice missing for six years, the dead man's concealed past sends Heimrich searching for the reason behind his return.

Two men are found shot beside a gun that suggests murder-suicide. Captain Heimrich examines an unfinished local family history, then grows more suspicious when an intruder destroys papers that could expose the secrets of Van Brunt residents.

Lieutenant Nathan Shapiro travels upstate to investigate allegations of college football bribery, only to find his informant murdered. Joining Captain Heimrich, he follows the connection between the killing, point-shaving plans, and a wider gambling operation.

A real estate agent discovers former actress Annette LeBaron dead while awaiting a prospective buyer. Captain Heimrich investigates the many enemies her arrogance created in Van Brunt, sorting grievances among neighbors and associates for a motive to kill.

Plans for an integrated country club provoke intimidation and racial hostility in North Wellwood. When a widow who supports equality is murdered, Inspector Heimrich investigates a divided community where organized opposition has grown increasingly threatening and violent.

Strange newspaper advertisements offer objects associated with an heiress's apparently accidental death. Inspector Heimrich begins a quiet inquiry into their malicious purpose, then faces a murder that suggests someone connected to the earlier tragedy remains in danger.

Inspector Heimrich takes Susan on a Mediterranean cruise to recuperate from pneumonia. When a British diplomat disappears from the liner, the captain asks him to investigate, interrupting their holiday with a case involving the passengers and international intrigue.

Inspector Heimrich reluctantly attends a wealthy neighbor's formal party, where an unexpected engagement is announced. When the elderly host is killed with an arrow, Heimrich examines the family's interests and the few suspects capable of such an attack.

Attorney Samuel Jackson is deliberately run down outside a Van Brunt inn shortly before Christmas. Inspector Heimrich investigates his friend's killing with a personal stake, since the only witness is the young woman dating his son.

Inspector Heimrich takes his sick Great Dane to the veterinarian and finds the doctor dead beside a syringe. Evidence of poison rather than insulin sends him looking among the diabetic vet's associates for a motive behind the killing.